Originally posted by motu
Also, some cops will just pace you and get you that way - no radar involved.
I've gotten tickets from both of those before. I have a radar detector (a Cobra I got for cheap - I'm a Best Buy employee) and I don't find it to be that great of an investment - it picks up so much random crap...it beeps when I pass radio or cell phone antennas and certain stores and banks. Too many false alarms.
As I said, detectors are not a preventative measure. There are merely an aid. I check my mirrors constantly and have a sharp eye for a Crown Vic...that's te most important thing. I've never gotten false alarms in the country, and I turn the V1 off in the city. Your radar detector beeps because some stores/banks have automatic doors, which rely on radar to see people. With a high end/mid range detector, it'd show up as X or K band. X band is 100% door openers in the north east, K I slow down for regardless. Ka is always cops. With the V1's directional arrows, it's easy to see if it's a false alarm or not because the left/right arrows will light up as you pass the radar.
I speed constantly and drive alot (70k on my old accord, 20k on my RSX, and about 5k so far on this car) and haven't gotten a moving violation yet...I'd like to think it's due mainly to the V1.